Google is making money from people's content. The people making the content might be making some money, too, but Google is making much more. The content producers are all using....Google Adsense, to try and turn Google traffic into money. And Google has relentlessly "smart-priced" its adsense payouts down into oblivion. So Google's scooping up content to power its index, sending people to these sites, where they click on ads that pay Google an advantageous share of the wealth. Sounds like they're making money off people's content.
If they're using Adsense, it must be worth it to them. In other words, they believe they are paying a fair price for the value they extract. The ones who believe they can do better try alternative approaches, such as direct contact with advertisers, among others. So why complain? AFAICT, Google does not discriminate in favour of adsense-using websites.
Google is making money from people's content. The people making the content might be making some money, too, but Google is making much more. The content producers are all using....Google Adsense, to try and turn Google traffic into money. And Google has relentlessly "smart-priced" its adsense payouts down into oblivion. So Google's scooping up content to power its index, sending people to these sites, where they click on ads that pay Google an advantageous share of the wealth. Sounds like they're making money off people's content.